title: Metachronous cecal and sigmoid volvulus.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Metachronous cecal and sigmoid volvulus is very rare.
  
  
  METHODS
  A case report.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Two different volvuli necessitated three operations. Cecal volvulus was treated by caecostomy and sigmoid volvulus by detorsion three years later. Sigmoid volvulus recurred after simple operative detorsion, but the patient recovered without complications after a mesocolosplasty. We recommend operative treatment when recurrent colonic volvulus is suspected, and resection is preferable in medically fit patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Oulu University Hospital, Finland.
authors.forename: H O
authors.initials: HO
authors.lastname: Kiviniemi
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Mäkelä
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000601:surgery*; D012008:Recurrence; D012810:Sigmoid Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*